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Michael M. Greig

Title: Professor

Department: Political Science

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
    Major: Political Science
    Dissertation: Breaks in the Storm: Recognizing Ripe Conditions for Mediation Between Disputing States
  • MS, Florida State University, 1997
    Major: Political Science
  • BA, University of Florida, 1994
    Major: Political Science

Current Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 6950.009Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
PSCI 4827.001Negotiation and DiplomacySpring 2025
PSCI 5900.003Special ProblemsSpring 2025
PSCI 2305.404US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2025
PSCI 4952.001Political Science Capstone SeminarFall 2024 Syllabus
PSCI 6900.007Special ProblemsFall 2024
PSCI 2305.403US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.001US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6831.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2023 SPOT
PSCI 4952.002Political Science Capstone SeminarFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.730Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2023
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.002US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4827.001Negotiation and DiplomacyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.007Special ProblemsFall 2022
PSCI 2305.203US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.203International RelationsSummer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001Political Science Capstone SeminarSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.734Special ProblemsSpring 2022
PSCI 2305.002US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6831.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.003US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2900.001Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2021
PSCI 4820.003Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.005US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001Political Science Capstone SeminarFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.801International RelationsSummer 5W1 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 4820.003Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 2305.005US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2020 Syllabus
PSCI 6831.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2019
PSCI 2305.008US Political Behavior and PolicyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSpring 2019
PSCI 4952.001Political Science Capstone SeminarSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.710Special ProblemsSpring 2019
PSCI 2305.005US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2018
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2018
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 2305.009US Political Behavior and PolicySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5831.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2017 SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1050.009American Government: Process and PoliciesSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4951.003Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2017
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4952.001Political Science Capstone SeminarFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2016
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 1050.002American Government: Process and PoliciesSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 4822.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PSCI 5831.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2015 SPOT
PSCI 6940.713PracticumFall 2015
PSCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2015
PSCI 6950.080Doctoral DissertationSummer SUM 2015
PSCI 1050.007American Government: Process and PoliciesSpring 2015 Syllabus
PSCI 6950.751Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
PSCI 5950.751Master's ThesisSpring 2015
PSCI 4954.001Research CapstoneSpring 2015
PSCI 6950.080Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
PSCI 6950.751Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsFall 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 5950.080Master's ThesisFall 2014
PSCI 4954.001Research CapstoneFall 2014
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSummer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4951.003Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2014
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2014 Syllabus
PSCI 4822.001International Conflict ManagementFall 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsFall 2013
PSCI 4900.713Special ProblemsFall 2013
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 5W1 2013
PSCI 1050.005American Government: Process and PoliciesSpring 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2013 Syllabus
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSpring 2013
PSCI 5900.710Special ProblemsSpring 2013
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 6930.713Individual ResearchFall 2012
PSCI 5810.001Proseminar in International RelationsFall 2012
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 3W1 2012
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 5W1 2012
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 8W1 2012
PSCI 1050.005American Government: Process and PoliciesSpring 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 3810.003International RelationsSpring 2012 Syllabus
PSCI 6940.713PracticumSpring 2012
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2011 Syllabus
PSCI 5810.001Proseminar in International RelationsFall 2011
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2010 Syllabus
PSCI 5810.001Proseminar in International RelationsFall 2010
PSCI 1040.001American Government: Laws and InstitutionsSummer 3W1 2010
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 8W1 2010
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSpring 2010
PSCI 4821.001International ConflictSpring 2010
PSCI 6940.713PracticumSpring 2010
PSCI 5810.001Proseminar in International RelationsSpring 2010
PSCI 5900.710Special ProblemsSpring 2010
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2009
PSCI 6930.713Individual ResearchFall 2009
PSCI 3810.002International RelationsFall 2009
PSCI 5900.713Special ProblemsFall 2009
PSCI 6900.713Special ProblemsFall 2009
PSCI 1040.001American Government: Laws and InstitutionsSummer 5W1 2009
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 5W1 2009
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 3W1 2009
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSummer 5W2 2009
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2009
PSCI 6940.709PracticumSpring 2009
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2009
PSCI 5900.710Special ProblemsSpring 2009
PSCI 1040.006American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2008
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2008
PSCI 4900.710Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2008
PSCI 4900.710Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2008
PSCI 5900.711Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2008
PSCI 5900.711Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2008
PSCI 4820.001Contemporary International ProblemsSpring 2008
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2008
PSCI 1040.005American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2007
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2007
PSCI 4900.710Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2007
PSCI 6930.709Individual ResearchSpring 2007
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsSpring 2007
PSCI 4900.723Special ProblemsSpring 2007
PSCI 1040.005American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2006
PSCI 4820.002Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2006
PSCI 6900.710Special ProblemsFall 2006
PSCI 6900.724Special ProblemsFall 2006
PSCI 1050.002American Government: Process and PoliciesSummer 5W2 2006
PSCI 4900.710Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2006
PSCI 5900.710Special ProblemsSummer 3W1 2006
PSCI 1040.004American Government: Laws and InstitutionsSpring 2006
PSCI 5810.001Proseminar in International RelationsSpring 2006
PSCI 4900.723Special ProblemsSpring 2006
PSCI 6900.710Special ProblemsSpring 2006
PSCI 4820.003Contemporary International ProblemsFall 2005
PSCI 3810.003International RelationsFall 2005
PSCI 3810.001International RelationsSpring 2005
PSCI 5810.001Proseminar in International RelationsSpring 2005
PSCI 5900.710Special ProblemsSpring 2005
PSCI 1040.009American Government: Laws and InstitutionsFall 2004
PSCI 5820.001Seminar in International RelationsFall 2004
PSCI 4900.721Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Greig, J.M., Owsiak, A., Diehl, P. (2023). International Conflict and Conflict Management. Routledge.
  • Greig, J.M., Owsiak, A., Diehl, P. (2019). International Conflict Management. Cambridge, Polity.
  • Paul Diehl. (2012). International Mediation.
  • Book Chapter

  • Rousseau, D., Asal, V., Greig, J.M. (2021). War and Womens' Suffering: A Global Analysis from 1893-2011. War and Rights: The Impact of War on Political and Civil Rights. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press.
  • Diehl, P., Greig, J.M., Owsiak, A. (2019). Major Processes and Structures of Conflict Management and Global Governance. Routledge Companion to Peace and Conflict Studies. New York, Routledge.
  • Greig, J.M., Owsiak, A., Diehl, P. (2019). Mediation and its Compatibility with other Conflict Management Approaches. Research Handbook on Mediating International Crises. Cheltenham, Elgar.
  • Greig, J.M. (2019). Violence, Grassroots Pressure, and Civil War Peace Processes: Insights from the Colombia-FARC Conflict. After War Ends: What Colombia Can Tell Us about Peace and Transitional Justice. New York, Columbia University Press.
  • Diehl, P.F., Michael Greig, J. (2008). Softening up. International Conflict Mediation: New Approaches and Findings. 159–186. Routledge.
  • Andrew Enterline. (2007). Must They Go Through Hobbes? The Revolutionary Provisional Government Model & Political Challenge in Imposed Regimes in Interim Governments: Institutional Bridges to Peace and Democracy?, ed. Karen Guttieri and Jessica Piombo..
  • Andrew Enterline. (2005). Just the Good, No Bad and Ugly? The Regional Impact of Externally Imposed Democracy in Sustaining the Peace: War Prevention and Peacebuilding in Post Conflict Societies, ed. T. David Mason and James Meernik..
  • Book Review

  • Greig, J.M. (2009). Dan Lindley's Promoting Peace with Information: Transparency as a Tool of Security Regimes Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
  • Greig, J.M. (2008). Gabriella Blum's Islands of Agreement Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Greig, J.M. (2005). Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall's Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases Washington: United States Institute of Peace Press..
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Greig, J.M. (2004). When doves fly: A spatial analysis of the diffusion of peace in the international system. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Illinois.
  • Journal Article

  • Owsiak, A.P., Greig, J.M., Diehl, P.F. Making trains from boxcars: studying conflict and conflict management interdependencies. International Interactions. 47 (1) 1-22.
  • Greig, J.M. Helping Without Hurting: Ameliorating the Negative Effects of Humanitarian Assistance on Civil Wars through Mediation. International Interactions. 47 (1) 79-106.
  • Greig, J.M., Lee, S. (2019). The Conditional Effectiveness of Directive Mediation. International Interactions. 45 (5) 838-864.
  • Greig, J.M., Keels, E. (2019). Reputation and the Occurrence and Success Articles of Mediation in Civil Wars. Journal of Peace Research. 56 (3) 410-424.
  • Greig, J.M., Kirisci, M. (2019). Reputation, Pressure, and Concession- Making in Claim Disputes. International Negotiation. 24 (2) 191-219.
  • Greig, J.M., Mason, T.D., Hamner, J.H. (2018). Win, lose, or draw in the fog of civil war. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 35 (5) 523-543. SAGE Publications.
  • Mason, T.D., Greig, J.M. (2017). State Capacity, Regime Type, and Sustaining the Peace after Civil War. International Interactions. 43 (6) 967-993. Routledge.
  • Greig, J.M. (2015). Nipping Them in the Bud The Onset of Mediation in Low-intensity Civil Conflicts. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 59 (2) 336-361. SAGE Publications.
  • Greig, J.M. (2015). Rebels at the Gates: Civil War Battle Locations, Movement, and Openings for Diplomacy. International Studies Quarterly. 59 (4) 680–693.
  • Greig, J.M., Enterline, A.J. (2014). The Durability of Imposed Democracy. International Interactions. 40 (2) 166–190. Routledge.
  • Greig, J.M., Meernik, J.D. (2014). To Prosecute or Not to Prosecute: Civil War Mediation and International Criminal Justice. International Negotiation. 19 (2) 257–284. Brill.
  • Greig, J.M. (2013). Intractable Syria-Insights from the Scholarly Literature on the Failure of Mediation. Other. 2 (1) 48-56.
  • Greig, J.M., Rost, N. (2013). Mediation and Peacekeeping in Civil Wars. Civil Wars. 15 (2) 192–218. Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Greig, J.M., Diehl, P.F. (2012). Peacekeeping: A Barrier to Durable Peace. Other. 7 46.
  • Paul Diehl. (2012). Peacekeeping: Barrier to Durable Peace?.
  • Grieg, M.J. (2012). Rebels at the gates: Civil war battle locations, movement, and openings for mediation. International Studies Quarterly.
  • Wright, T.M., Greig, J.M. (2012). Staying the Course: Assessing the Durability of Peacekeeping Operations. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 29 (2) 127–147. Sage Publications Sage UK: London, England.
  • Rost, N., Greig, J.M. (2011). Taking matters into their own hands An analysis of the determinants of state-conducted peacekeeping in civil wars. Journal of Peace Research. 48 (2) 171–184. Sage Publications.
  • Nicolas Rost. (2010). Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands: An Analysis of State-Conducted Peacekeeping in Civil Wars.
  • Greig, J.M., Enterline, A.J. (2010). The Durability of Externally Imposed Democracy & the Futures of Iraq & Afghanistan.
  • Kyle Beardsley. (2009). Disaggregating the Incentives of Conflict Management: An Introduction.
  • Beardsley, K., Greig, J.M. (2009). Disaggregating the incentives of conflict management: An introduction. International Interactions. 35 (3) 243–248. Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Greig, J.M. (2009). Promoting Peace with Information: Transparency as a Tool of Security Regimes. By Dan Lindley.(Princeton University Press, 2007.). The Journal of Politics. 71 (01) 359–361. Cambridge University Press.
  • Enterline, A.J., Greig, J.M., Gortzak, Y. (2009). Testing Shinseki: Speed, Mass and Insurgency in Post-war Iraq. Defense & Security Analysis. 25 (3) 235–253. Taylor & Francis.
  • Andrew Enterline, Yoav Gortzak. (2009). Testing Shinseki: The Mass Force Hypothesis & Insurgency in Postwar Iraq.
  • Greig, J.M., Diehl, P.F. (2008). 8 Softening up. Other. 159. Routledge.
  • Andrew Enterline. (2008). Against All Odds? The History of Imposed Democracy and the Future of Iraq and Afghanistan..
  • Andrew Enterline. (2008). Perfect Storms? Political Articles Instability in Imposed Polities and the Futures of Iraq and Afghanistan..
  • Enterline, A.J., Greig, J.M. (2008). Perfect storms? Political instability in imposed polities and the futures of Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 52 (6) 880–915. Sage Publications.
  • Enterline, A.J., Michael Greig, J. (2008). The history of imposed democracy and the future of Iraq and Afghanistan. Foreign Policy Analysis. 4 (4) 321–347. Wiley Online Library.
  • Patrick M. Regan. (2008). When Do They Say Yes? An Analysis of the Willingness to O ff er and Accept Mediation in Civil Wars..
  • Michael Greig, J., Regan, P.M. (2008). When do they say yes? An analysis of the willingness to offer and accept mediation in civil wars. International Studies Quarterly. 52 (4) 759–781. Wiley Online Library.
  • Enterline, A.J., Greig, J.M. (2007). Surge, Escalate, Withdraw and Shinseki: Forecasting and Retro-casting American Force Strategies and Insurgency in Iraq. International Studies Perspectives. 8 (3) 245–252. The Oxford University Press.
  • Andrew Enterline. (2007). Surge, Escalate, Withdraw and Shinseki: Forecasting and Retro-casting American Force Strategies and Insurgency in Iraq..
  • Michael Greig, J., Diehl, P.F. (2006). Softening up: Making conflicts more amenable to diplomacy. International Interactions. 32 (4) 355–384. Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Paul Diehl. (2006). Softening Up: Making Conflicts More Amenable to Diplomacy..
  • Enterline, A.J., Greig, J.M., Miller, D. (2006). The Birth of Nations? The Durability of Imposed Polities & the Future of Iraq & Afghanistan.
  • Enterline, A.J., Greig, J.M. (2005). 7 Just the good, no bad and ugly?. Other. 149. Routledge.
  • Enterline, A.J., Greig, J.M. (2005). Beacons of hope? The impact of imposed democracy on regional peace, democracy, and prosperity. Journal of Politics. 67 (4) 1075–1098. Blackwell Publishing Ltd..
  • Andrew Enterline. (2005). Beacons of Hope? The Impact of Imposed Democracy on Regional Peace, Democracy, and Prosperity..
  • Blanton, S.L., Coleman, L., Diehl, P.F., Greig, J.M., Melander, E., Ripsman, N.M. (2005). Michael Barnett is Stassen Chair of International A!‘ airs at the Humphrey School of Pub-lic A!‘ airs and Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. His most re-cent books are Rules for the World: International Organizations and World Politics (Cornell University Press, 2004, co-authored with Martha Finnemore), and Power in Global Governance (Cambridge University Press, 2005, co-edited with Raymond. International Studies Quarterly. 49 739–740.
  • Greig, J.M. (2005). Stepping into the fray: When do mediators mediate?. American Journal of Political Science. 49 (2) 249–266. Blackwell Publishing, Inc..
  • Greig, J.M. (2005). Stepping into the Fray: When Do Mediators Mediate?.
  • Greig, J.M. (2005). Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases by Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, and Pamela Aall. Political Science Quarterly. 120 (2) 313–314. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Paul Diehl. (2005). The Peacekeeping-Peacemaking Dilemma..
  • Greig, J.M., Diehl, P.F. (2005). The peacekeeping–peacemaking dilemma. International Studies Quarterly. 49 (4) 621–645. The Oxford University Press.
  • Greig, J.M. (2002). The end of geography? Globalization, communications, and culture in the international system. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 46 (2) 225–243. Sage Publications.
  • Greig, J.M. (2002). The End of Geography?: Globalization, Communications, and Culture in the International System..
  • Greig, J.M. (2001). Moments of opportunity: Recognizing conditions of ripeness for international mediation between enduring rivals. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 45 (6) 691–718. Sage Publications 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320.
  • Greig, J.M. (2001). Moments of Opportunity: Sources of Ripeness Among Enduring Rivals..
  • Andersen, P., Bumgardner, J., Greig, J.M., Diehl, P.F. (2001). Turning down the heat: Influences on conflict management in enduring rivalries. International Interactions. 27 (3) 239–274. Taylor & Francis.
  • Pelle Anderson, Justin Bumgardner, and Paul Diehl. (2001). Turning Down the Heat: Influences on Conflict Management in Enduring Rivalries..
  • Other

  • Greig, J.M. (2017). Mediation and Civil Wars. 2017 Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations.
  • Greig, J.M., Blum, G. (2008). Conflict Management. University of Notre Dame du lac on behalf of Review of Politics, Cambridge University Press.
  • Ph.D. Thesis

  • Greig, J.M. (2002). Breaks in the storm: recognizing ripe conditions for mediation between disputing states. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Popular Press Article

  • Andrew Enterline. (2009). No Good Choices.
  • Research Blog Post

  • Oldmixon, E.A., Greig, J.M. (2017). Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital. What could go wrong?. Religion in Public. https://wp.me/p8jrQB-Gz

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Greig, J.M. (Co-Principal), Ishiyama, J.T. (Co-Principal), "Making an Impact in Policy Analysis in Georgia: Improving Re-search, Education, and Engagement," sponsored by U.S. State Department, Federal, $66674 Funded. (2015 - 2017).
  • Grant - Research

  • Greig, J.M. (Principal), "CLEAR Learning Enhancement Grant to design PSCI 3810: Intro-duction to International Relations as an online course," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Grant - Teaching

  • Hamner, B.B. (Co-Principal), Greig, J.M. (Co-Principal), Oldmixon, E.A. (Principal), "Mentoring Grant: Innovative Pedagogies in the Social Sciences," sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. ( - 2018).
  • Greig, J.M. (Co-Principal), Ishiyama, J.T. (Co-Principal), "Making an Impact in Policy Analysis in Georgia: Improving Research, Education, and Engagement," sponsored by Free University of Tbilisi, NFP, Funded. (2014 - 2018).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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